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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: How Cobie Smulders' Cameo Came to Be
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Fans lucky enough to attend the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at Comic-Con last week were privy to one of the best-kept secrets in the Whedonverse: Minutes into the screening of the series premiere, Cobie Smulders made a surprise cameo, repri… Read more

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Nintendo heard your cries.
The Japanese gaming company has announced that it will be bringing back the recently discontinued, yet still highly sought after, NES Classic Edition in summer 2018, according to a press release. Fans have been vocal about their displeasure with the decision to discontinue the retro gaming console, which was already difficult to find when it was being sold in stores.
While the NES Classic Edition retailed for $60 when it released in November 2016, many have paid a pretty premium since then to get their hands on the system. The console often sells for more than $200 on auction sites.
In addition to the NES Classic Edition announcement, Nintendo also announced that it will be increasing stock of its Super NES Classic Edition, which hits store shelves at the end of the month. Online and in-store pre-orders for the $80 system sold out in minutes at various retailers, but Nintendo has assured customers there will be plenty of inventory available on release day and through the holiday season.
"I would strongly urge you not to overbid on an SNES Classic on any of the auction sites," Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé told the Financial Times Saturday. "You shouldn't [have to] pay more than $79.99."
Nintendo originally said that the SNES Classic Edition would ship through the end of the year, but now the company says the system will continue to be stocked into 2018.


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Lookout Bruce Aldrich, Jr; don't look over your shoulder, Jimmy Marohn, Jr. There's a new kid on the block and he's hungry for winning races. He's Jason Ryan and he's got talent.
On the muddy card of Tuesday, January 14 Ryan broke out and reined five winners.
Asked if he moves up when he drives on a muddy track Ryan answered, "Not particularly, but I get along alright when it rains especially if my horses can go forward."
He started the afternoon winning both ends of the early double with a pair of old-timers. He captured the first race with 11 year old Lambretta ($3.70) in a 2:01.2 clocking and came back to cop the second with 13 year old Iwannabesedated ($26.40)in 2:00.
His next triumph came in the seventh race behind front -running Johnny Grippa ($3.00) in 2:00.1 and he then proceeded to win the eighth with Threestepstoheaven ($11.20) in 1:58.3.
After Ryan scored his fourth victory he was contacted in the paddock and congratulated on his prowess on the afternoon card.
He seemed to take his victories as a matter of fact and offered that he thought he could have won four last week when the race card had to be cancelled due to inclement weather.
"Winning four races is a whole lot better than thinking you can win four," he added readily, and then was asked if he thought he could win any more on the card.
"I have a chance in the 10th (with Machinist) but he' in against a horse (Hickory Louie) that won 13 times last year and he figures to be the best," he said. "But you never know."
Lo and behold, Ryan finished the day with a victory behind Machinist ($6.60) when they got up in the final strides to collar Hickory Louis, the 1-2 favorite, in a time of 2:01.1.
Ryan, 25, is ready for a break- out season. He now has 14 horses at the Mt. Hope Training Center in Orange County not 30 miles from the Mighty M and just an hour's ride to Yonkers or the Meadowlands.
"I'd like to race there in the future but I know I have to pay my dues before I'm able to," Ryan admitted.
Asked if he ever had five winners on one racing program before, he laughed and he said: "I darn near won all the races on a card at Sudbury Downs a couple of years. Sudbury is a small track and they had just six races on that card. I won five and was beat a nose in the other."
After racing the past few years at smaller tracks and having won 111 races last year and 113 the previous, both from a limited amount of starts, the Prince Edward Island-native is moving up and moving closer to the big money. And he figures to be a player before too long.
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German Käsekuchen is a rare animal to find. It's also a fond childhood memory of a time when our family lived in Germany. The German version of cheesecake is different. The texture is most similar to a ricotta-based cheesecake. It's not as creamy, but has more of a dense texture. It's somewhat sweet, but a lot less than American versions. The crust isn't made with graham crackers, but with more of a butter-shortbread dough. The ingredient that is unique to this cheesecake is "Quark".
Oakdale Cheese Company. We buy an assortment of their Gouda cheeses and I usually buy a slice of their German Cheesecake. One the way back home, we stopped again, and I decided to buy Quark. It was time for me to see if I could recreate this childhood favorite cheesecake.


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Brake for Breakfast raises breast cancer awareness
BLACKFOOT — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Bingham Memorial Hospital was one of several regional hospitals that raised breast cancer awareness through the popular Brake for Breakfast event Wednesday morning.
Brake for Breakfast events raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of early detection through regular mammograms and self-exams.
The hospital handed out 2,000 free cooler bags with breakfast along with literature and breast cancer awareness gifts to those who drove by the hospital Wednesday morning.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 192,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, with 40,000 expected to die from breast cancer. In Idaho, there were more than 1,100 new cases diagnosed in 2009 alone.
Mammograms and self-breast exams are the key to early detection and an increased chance of survival. The ACS encourage women to conduct self examinations beginning in their early 20s. Women should begin receiving yearly mammograms at age 40.
Bingham Memorial is also sponsoring a free seminar Oct. 20. The seminar, titled "Think Pink," will be led by Dr. Rebecca Gill and will focus on providing information about breast cancer detection, prevention and treatment. It will begin at 6 p.m. at the Bingham Memorial Medical Plaza. Space is limited; reserve your spot by calling 782-2937 or online at www.MyFreeSeminar.org.


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Katy Perry has been named the hottest woman of 2013 just four days into the new year.
The I Kissed A Girl star saw off competition from Hollywood actress Mila Kunis to clinch top spot on a list of the 100 Hottest Women of 2013 by Men Health magazine.
Editors at the publication cite Perry's career successes and her bounce back from the breakdown of her marriage to Russell Brand as factors in their decision to fete her with their top title, writing, "She took a bad breakup and turned it into the raw material of the year's most successful album, Teenage Dream... Hell, her Twitter following alone is four times the population of New York City... Nobody, including us, could get enough of Perry this year. And for that reason, she is our sexiest woman of 2013."
Black Swan star Kunis came in at number two, while voluptuous Mad Men star Christina Hendricks was at three and The Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence at four.
Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston took fifth spot after previously being honored with the magazine's title of Sexiest Woman Of All-time.
Other honourees in the top 10 include Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie and Beyonce, while Jennifer Lopez was a lowly entry at number 72, just one spot above pregnant British royal Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at 73.
Actress Kristen Stewart was another low entry at 89 ahead of pop superstar Lady Gaga at 93.


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Maker Faire Melbourne: Inspire, inform, connect, entertain.
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on January 9th, 2012
A Maker Faire is about celebrating learning and doing – not the finished and perfect end product. It's a place to share what we're learning with others, and celebrate the fun and freedom of being an amateur. Featuring both established and emerging local "makers," the Melbourne Mini Maker Faire is a family-friendly celebration coming to Australasia for the first time on Saturday, January 14th, 2012. It will feature rockets and robots, DIY science and technology, urban farming and sustainability, alternative energy, bicycles, unique hand-made crafts, and educational workshops and installations. Access to the Faire is limited so get in touch before you show up to make sure you can get in!
Want to get involved? Apply to be a Maker on Saturday through the website.
Mini Maker Faires such as this have started to sprout up around the United States, Canada, Europe and now Australia. Maker Faire started back in 2005 as a spin-off of Make Magazine. The Melbourne Mini Maker Faire will follow the big Maker Faire model of celebrating do-it-yourself creativity and tinkering, but will be smaller in scale and – although predominantly showcasing the wonders of the local Melbourne Maker community – will include exhibitors from around Australia and beyond.
Saturday, January 14th, 2012, 10 am to 4pm, Hawthorn
See the Maker Faire Melbourne website for additional information and to register your interest in attending.
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The BIG-register is a division of the CIBG. CIBG is an executive agency of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The BIG-register is an up-do-date register containing the details of pharmacists, physicians, physiotherapists, health care psychologists, psychotherapists, dentists, midwives and nurses, and also records any restrictions on their entitlement to practice. This can involve sanctions imposed by a disciplinary board or criminal proceedings.
The BIG-register also issues a Declaration of Professional Competence to care providers wishing to practice in the Netherlands on the basis of a diploma awarded in another country. Only practitioners included in the BIG-register may use the corresponding professional titles and claim the relevant authority. Periodic renewal of registration for psychotherapists, midwives and nurses is introduced in 2009 to ensure that the knowledge and skills of those included in the BIG-register still meet the minimum standards of quality required.
The BIG-register has a social function. In addition to updating and managing the entries in the register, it also provides information about registration to health care professionals, organisations and citizens. Only information that directly concerns the practice of the health care profession is of a public nature. Personal details are not given out. The BIG-register is covered by the Personal Data Protection Act. The personal details of registered health care professionals are well protected.
http://www.fepi.org/docs/country_profils/Prof_NL_EN.pdf (accessed on 08.08.2011).
Healthcare in the Netherlands is financed by a dual system that came into effect in January 2006. Long-term treatments, especially those that involve semi-permanent hospitalization, and also disability costs such as wheelchairs, are covered by a state-controlled mandatory insurance. This is laid down in the Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten ("General Law on Exceptional Healthcare Costs") which first came into effect in 1968. In 2009 this insurance covered 27% of all health care expenses. The Netherlands was ranked first in a study comparing the health care systems of the US, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and New Zealand.
For all regular (short-term) medical treatment, there is a system of obligatory health insurance, with private health insurance companies. These insurance companies are obliged to provide a package with a defined set of insured treatments. This insurance covers 41% of all health care expenses. Other sources of health care payment are taxes (14%), out of pocket payments (9%), additional optional health insurance packages (4%) and a range of other sources (4%). Affordability is guaranteed through a system of income-related allowances and individual and employer-paid income-related premiums.
A key feature of the Dutch system is that premiums may not be related to health status or age. Risk variances between private health insurance companies due to the different risks presented by individual policy holders are compensated through risk equalization and a common risk pool. Funding for all short-term health care is 50% from employers, 45% from the insured person and 5% by the government. Children under 18 are covered for free. Those on low incomes receive compensation to help them pay their insurance. Premiums paid by the insured are about 100 € per month (about US$127 in Aug. 2010) with variation of about 5% between the various competing insurers.
From 1941 to 2006, there were separate public and private systems of short-term health insurance. The public insurance system was implemented by non-profit health funds, and financed by premiums taken directly out of the wages (together with income taxes). Everyone earning less than a certain threshold qualified for the public insurance system. However, anyone with income over that threshold was obliged to have private insurance instead.
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Powdery snow, up to a foot and a half in some places, bombarded much of the nation's midsection Thursday, impeding travel and shutting down airports, schools and state legislatures.
The widespread winter storm system swirled to the north and east Thursday night, its snow, sleet and freezing rain prompting winter storm warnings in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.
Corey Mead, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the winter storm would be centered in the upper Midwest by Friday morning.
"Even across Kansas, the snowfall rates should continue to taper off through the evening," Mead said.
The system left behind impressive snow accumulations, especially in western Kansas, where 17 inches fell in Hays.
Several accidents and two deaths were blamed on icy and slushy roadways; two people died in crashes Wednesday. Most schools in Kansas and Missouri, and many in neighboring states, were closed. Legislatures shut down in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett said the "thundersnow" that rumbled through Kansas and Missouri earlier Thursday was the result of an unstable air mass, much like a thunderstorm.
"Instead of pouring rain, it's pouring snow," Truett said. And pouring was a sound description, with snow falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour or more in some spots.
Topeka got 3 inches of snow in one 30-minute period, leaving medical center worker Jennifer Carlock to dread the drive home.
"It came on fast," Carlock said as she shoveled around her car. "We're going to test out traction control on the way home."
Snow totals passed the foot mark in many places: Monarch Pass, Colo., had 17 1/2 inches, the Kansas cities of Hutchinson, Macksville and Hanston all saw 14 inches, and Wichita, Kan., had 13 inches. A few places in far northern Oklahoma saw between 10 to 13 1/2 inches of snow. Missouri's biggest snow total was 10 inches, shared by the Kansas City metropolitan area, Rockport in the northwest corner and Moberly in the central part of the state.
Transportation officials in affected states urged people to simply stay home.
"If you don't have to get out, just really, please, don't do it," Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said.
Drivers were particularly warned away from the Kansas Turnpike, which had whiteout conditions. Interstate 70 was also snow-packed, and a 200-mile stretch was closed between Salina and Colby.
But some people came down with cabin fever, like Jennifer McCoy of Wichita, Kan. She loaded her nine children -- ages 6 months to 16 years -- in a van for lunch at Applebee's.
"I was going crazy, they were so whiny," McCoy said.
Cases of wine and beer -- as well as bottles of scotch and whiskey -- were flying off the shelves at Ingersoll Wine and Spirits ahead of the storm's arrival in Des Moines, Iowa.
"A lot of people have been buying liquor to curl up by the fire," wine specialist Bjorn Carlson said.
NWS forecasts showed 3 to 9 inches of snow were expected in Iowa overnight, and Nebraska will see an additional 2 to 5 inches.
Heavy, blowing snow caused scores of businesses in Iowa and Nebraska to close early, including two malls in Omaha, Neb. Mardi Miller, manager of Dillard's department store in Oakview Mall, said most employees had been sent home by 4 p.m., and she believed "only two customers are in the entire store."
The storm brought some relief to a region that has been parched by the worst drought in decades.
Vance Ehmke, a wheat farmer near Healy, Kan., said the nearly foot of snow was "what we have been praying for." Climatologists say 12 inches of snow is equivalent to about 1 inch of rain, depending on the density of the snow.
"The big question is, `Is the drought broke?' " Ehmke asked.
Near Edwardsville, Ill., farmer Mike Campbell called the precipitation a blessing after a bone-dry growing season in 2012. He hopes it is a good omen for the spring.
"The corn was just a disaster," Campbell said of 2012.
In Colorado, the U.S. Forest Service planned to take advantage of the snow to burn piles of dead trees on federal land. Areas in the Texas Panhandle also had up to 8 inches of snow, and in south central Nebraska, Grand Island reported 10 inches of snow. And Arkansas saw a mix of precipitation -- a combination of hail, sleet and freezing rain in some place, 6 inches of snow in others.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Thursday morning. All flights at Kansas City International Airport were canceled for Thursday night, and officials said they'd prepare to reopen Friday morning. More than 320 flights at Lambert Airport in St. Louis were canceled by Thursday afternoon. Traffic throughout the state was snarled by hundreds of accidents and vehicles in ditches.
The University of Missouri canceled classes for one of the few times in its 174-year history. At a nearby Wal-Mart, some students passed the ice scrapers and snow melt, heading directly to the aisles containing sleds and alcohol.
"This isn't our usual Thursday noon routine," Lauren Ottenger, a senior economics major from Denver, said as she stockpiled supplies.


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The New Prevention Fund
An Investment in the Future Health of America
March 2011
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included the creation of a Prevention Fund – to provide communities around the country with more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation.
Preventing disease and injury is the most effective, common-sense way to improve health in the United States. Too often, however, we focus on treating disease and injury after they occur instead of preventing them – providing sick care instead of health care.
The ACA and the Prevention Fund give us the opportunity to turn that around – and provides the opportunity for all Americans to be as healthy as they can be.
This report details what each state is receiving from the Prevention Fund this year to reduce disease rates in the state and help ensure today's children are not the first generation in U.S. history to live shorter, less healthy lives than their parent.
This report was updated in July 2011.
State-Specific Information
Investing in America's Health: A State-By-State Look At Public Health Funding And Key Health Facts
Prevention and Public Health Fund Detailed Information
Special Analysis: How Healthy Is Your Congressional District?
See the Public Health Funding initiative page for more reports, news and resources.


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When Hana Financial Group (Hana) agreed to acquire Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in 2012, significant tension and conflict arose between Hana and KEB's labour union, which demanded job security and independent management of the bank. The union filed a lawsuit to block Hana's acquisition of KEB and sued its president. Hana threatened to sue the union in return. We also noted that its board needed improvement, especially in respect of the independence and skill sets of its non-executive directors. Furthermore, we had concerns about executive remuneration.
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We raised concerns about Hana's governance structure as many of its directors appear to have close links with the government. We asked the bank to identify candidates who are fully independent from management and the government, as such independence is necessary for the board to be effective. To further enhance governance, we asked the company to consider creating a better link between performance and pay. We challenged Hana's relationships with the union and offered to communicate with union leaders to understand their viewpoints and frustrations regarding the cultural and pay differences between Hana and KEB.
A year after we raised our concern about the board, the company appointed an independent outside director with banking and financial services experience. The number of directors with an apparent link to the government has also been reduced. Hana made significant improvement in linking performance to pay. Its corporate governance report now contains greater detail on the metrics used in the remuneration policy, such as return on equity, risk-adjusted return on capital and total shareholder return. Performance-based promotions are being introduced at KEB Hana Bank, presenting a step change from the traditional seniority-based promotion culture. The company believes this will make it more efficient and attractive to young talented individuals. In relation to employee relations, the company set up integrated departments and held training sessions for Hana and KEB employees. The new CEO of KEB Hana Bank also appointed the former union leader of KEB as chief secretary. The chief secretary is in charge of integrating the two unions associated with the banks. Senior staff from KEB meanwhile were appointed to the leadership team of the merged bank, including the CFO, strengthening its message of treating the employees of both banks fairly in the new entity. The bank also removed the pay gaps of the two sets of employees and made efforts to enhance their work-life balance by limiting the overtime they are permitted to work.
Integration of the information technology systems between the two banks is likely to create further operational efficiency. In 2016, Institutional Shareholder Services, a provider of corporate governance solutions to investors, improved the corporate governance score of the company, confirming the improvements made1 .
- 1 ISS' quick score released in March 2016 showed that the company's score has improved from 2 in 2015 to 1 in 2016. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk. Scores indicate decile ranks relative to index or region. The score rates a company's board structure, compensation policies and practices, protection of shareholder rights and robustness of audit arrangements.
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The first thing you notice about these Etxeondo Feather bib shorts is just how light they are. It's not often you say that about a pair of shorts, but our medium-sized pair weighed in at just 125g (just over the manufacturer's claimed 119g). Etxeondo (pronounced et-chay-on-doe) reckon they're the lightest bib shorts on the market and we reckon they're probably right.
For comparison, the Etxeondo Attaques that we tested recently weigh 222g... Not that we're going to get too excited about getting up hills any faster by saving 100g on lighter shorts but, you know, all other things being equal, light weight has to be a good thing.
The lower sections of the Feather shorts are essentially just two panels of fabric that are joined in the middle. Well, that's not quite true because you get a double-thickness hem added at the bottom of each leg and a contrast panel on the left leg. The mega-stretchy fabric means they actually fit better than many multi-panel shorts.
There's no gripper inside the hem to hold the legs in place. That did mean that they could occasionally ride up in use and they didn't stop leg warmers from slipping down as well as some other shorts.
The fabric is Lycra Sport, the same as you'll find on the Attaques but in a lighter weight. The stretchiness allows total freedom of movement and it's very, very soft. I know that sounds a bit weird; all Lycra is soft... but this stuff is softer. The straps are a double thickness of an even lighter fabric that feels almost silky, and they're wide enough to distribute the load comfortably over your shoulders.
The chamois is an Elastic Interface one from Cytech. Etxeondo call it their new Feather Chamois although it's closely related to an Endurance Super-Air pad. It doesn't have the same level of contouring as some Cytech pads and the foam isn't as dense as some, but you get cushioning up to 10mm deep. The chamois is certainly well ventilated and the fabric next to your skin transports moisture well but I didn't feel quite as comfortable with this pad as with the one in the Attaque shorts.
Don't get me wrong, it's a decent pad – I just don't think it's spectacular. I wanted more padding on long rides. If you're only ever in the saddle for 2-3hrs at a time you'll be fine, but go beyond that and you might want something more.
The Feathers are made in Spain to a high standard and they're very good shorts. The fabric is comfortable and it feels very cool in warm weather but I don't think these shorts are anything like as good as the Attaques... which is fair enough because they're 60 quid cheaper.
The Attaques are mega-expensive but they have a better cut and a better pad, making them among the most comfortable shorts out there. The Feathers are very good shorts but their main selling point is their lightness and they've taken a hit on comfort and features to achieve that. Personally, I'd rather have a higher-level pad and better panelling for a just-right fit, and if that adds a few grams, so be it, but if you're a weight weenie who wants to shave off every little bit of weight possible, you won't do any better.
Extremely lightweight shorts built to a high standard – but they're very expensive.
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Make and model: Etxeondo Feather Bib Short
Size tested: Black, Medium
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Here's the manufacturer's write up:
"Over its history, Etxeondo has created many garments that became reference items for the performance cycle clothing industry. The Feather bib short may just be another. Crafted from Lycra Sport, Feather weighs in at just 119g for a size M, making it the lightest bibshort on the market today, but don't think this super-light garment is in any way light on features – Feather carries through many of Etxeondo's trademark properties such as elasticated threads to eliminate rider discomfort and to ensure seams move as one with the fabric. You also get seamless shoulder straps with the comfort of fine silk, tasteful brand detailing and one critical key to the Feather's weight – the new Feather Chamois.
- Lightest bibshort on the market today
- Super strong construction
- State of the art chamois
- Lower back compression
- Flatlock stitching
- Superb breathability and cooling
- Amazing moisture control
- Silky feel shoulder straps
- Elasticated stitching in selected panels
The Feather Chamois is a pad with handmade seams. The design may appear simple, but this model has a new generation of special high-density foams inside, which guarantee an excellent protection and great fit. The Feather Chamois' fabric structure has a double layer, which helps to collect and expel moisture. The new perforated base layer provides increased breathability and quick drying, making the Feather ideally suited to longer days in the saddle."
Great lightweight fabric although the seams aren't triple-stitched like those of the Attaque shorts.
If lightweight is all you're after, these score very highly. That has to come down a bit if you want a more rounded performance.
The seams aren't triple-stitched like those on the Attaques.
Etxeondo reckon these are the lightest bib shorts available and they're probably right.
The fabrics used are exceptionally soft and light. The pad is good, but not spectacular, in my opinion.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
The main idea is that these shorts are super-lightweight, and they are.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The lightweight and very stretchy main fabric.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The price.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Not at this price.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Just to weight weenies with tons of cash.
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Age: 41 Height: 190cm Weight: 75kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has worked for loads of bike magazines over 20+ years, and been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. He's been road.cc technical editor for eight years, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a past winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer.


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UC President Janet Napolitano
Commencement Address
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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May 10, 2014
Thank you, Chancellor Wu. It's an honor to be here this afternoon. It's great to see so many families, friends, and guests.
Let's give a hand to all the family members who are here today, supporting their graduates.
Now let's take a minute and applaud all of the graduates who have worked so hard to get here today.
After you cross the stage today, you will become the newest graduates of the oldest law school on the West Coast.
To be blunt, I envy you.
I envy what's before you in life. Most of all, I envy all the fresh opportunities that lie ahead for you to make a difference in the world.
You see, my hope for you is this: you will learn, in the coming years, that what matters is not the size of your paycheck. It is not whether your name is on the law firm door. You will learn that in the profession of the law, it's not how much you make that matters, but whether you make a difference.
Today, you join a new family. It is the family that is the alumni of the Hastings College of the Law. This is a family that has demonstrated an incredible commitment to public service—an incredible commitment to making a difference.
Let me tell you about three members of this family.
The first one is a Hastings graduate from the Class of 1989.
This man was a whip-smart, affable man with a patient ear. He was born in Grass Valley, in the Gold Country. Yet he lived much of his adult life throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Without question, he was one of the most talented American diplomats in the Foreign Service. He dreamed, someday, of returning to the West Coast to be a law professor.
This man could have been an extremely successful partner at a big law firm. But he was from Hastings, and from the time he served in the Peace Corps in Morocco, he knew that the path of public service was the one for him. He dedicated himself to advancing the cause of world peace—to making a difference.
He paid for that dedication with his life.
Please join me in a moment of silence for Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Thank you.
Now let me tell you about a Hastings graduate from the Class of 1958.
This man is recognized as a political powerbroker in California. But before that came to pass, he was Co-Chair of the California delegation to the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
At the convention, there was a battle for the party nomination for president of the United States. This was between two candidates—George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey.
Those were contentious times in the country, and this was a contentious convention. The social revolution of the 1960s was bearing fruit. The Vietnam War was in play. Civil rights were in play. The dawn of disco was upon us.
The Democratic Establishment backed Humphrey. But the California delegation, reflecting the wishes of the state it represented, wanted an end to Vietnam. Those 271 delegates stood ready to cast their votes for the anti-war McGovern. So the Humphrey supporters tried to unseat them.
The California co-chair—the man from Hastings—rose to the occasion. He stood on the convention floor, and looked those party leaders straight in the eyes.
"Give me back my delegation," Willie Brown demanded.
"Seat my delegation."
It was a great moment in public life. Brown's was an argument built more on passion than parliamentary procedure. But he prevailed. Brown alone kept the California delegation, and its votes, on the floor.
Willie Brown was from Hastings. And he made a difference.
Let's move to a third member of the Hastings family.
This graduate was from the Class of 1976.
She was fresh out of Hastings when she began her service as an aide to Congressman Leo Ryan.
In the 1970s, Ryan represented California's 11th district, not far from here. During that time, he began to read and hear disturbing accounts about the Peoples Temple. This was a religious community—a cult, as we would learn—that had moved to Guyana from San Francisco. There were rumors that the members—and they included many, many children—were being abused. So Ryan decided to lead a congressional investigation to find out what was happening, and what could be done to help.
The Hastings graduate went with him.
She knew that this would be a dangerous mission. Before she left, she wrote out her will. But she, and Ryan, and those who traveled with them, saw what they suspected to be a serious wrong—and flew halfway around the world to try to make it right. They wanted to use their congressional position to make a difference.
They paid a price for doing so. When Peoples Temple members ambushed the team on the tarmac in Jonestown, Ryan and four others were killed. The Hastings graduate was shot five times in the ambush.
Jackie Speier waited twenty-two hours for help, and she still carries pieces of those bullets within her. But they have never stopped her from a life in public service—as a United States Congresswoman, as a California State Senator, as a California State Assemblywoman, and as the youngest person ever elected to the San Mateo Board of Supervisors. Most recently, she has focused her attention on curbing sexual assault on college campuses. This is a concern that I share, and I am counting on Representative Speier as an ally as we address this important issue.
Jackie Speier is from Hastings, and to this day, she is making a difference.
These are dramatic examples, yes, but the point remains. I urge you, as you take your place in the legal profession, to consider what difference you will make. Because, fundamentally, making a difference as a lawyer means devoting time for public service. This is what makes the practice of law a profession, and not just a job.
Let's consider what lawyers do:
They keep the doors of the courthouse open to those who seek vindication and fairness.
They make sure that crime victims have a champion, while defendants' rights are protected.
They fight for civil rights, and for human rights.
They hold people accountable—landlords and tenants, employers and employees, even the president him—or her—self.
Now, you have received a Hastings education. So you know the role that public service plays in giving a career, and a life, true purpose. You have the lessons of the guiding stars—those Hastings graduates—who came before you.
You also possess the hard work you invested in yourself during the last three years. And added to this is your experience in a law school that is justifiably lauded for the diversity of its student body.
When it comes to diversity at elite American law schools, Hastings leads the way. And we are doing what we can at the other four University of California law schools to catch up to Hastings on the diversity front.
This brings me to the final member of the Hastings family I'd like to tell you about.
Her name is Clara Foltz.
How many of you have heard of her?
Clara was a single, divorced mother with five children. But she was determined to become a lawyer.
Clara double-checked the qualifications required for the California state bar. She discovered she met all of them…except one:
She was not a white man.
So Clara rewrote the law that governed the practice of law in California. Then she successfully lobbied in Sacramento for its passage. But Clara—who was herself not a person of color—didn't just want to take care of herself. She wanted all Californians to benefit. And so her bill, titled the Woman Lawyer's Bill, replaced the phrase "white man" with these words:
"Any citizen or person resident of this state".
After spending time at Hastings, Clara went on to become the first woman lawyer in California. She helped create the United States public defender system. In her free time, she taught women law students in her office. And when Clara died, in 1934, the Governor of California was one of her pallbearers.
She was from Hastings, and she made a difference. Eighty years after her death, that difference can be seen all around you.
Take a look. You and your classmates all come from different backgrounds, different races and ethnicities, different genders. You share in this incredible achievement—one that began with just one woman who, against all odds, saw a wrong and resolved to make it right.
Now it's your turn.
So take the time today to celebrate this graduation.
But as you celebrate this moment, and reflect on all the glories and travails of the last three years, don't forget to also cast your eyes forward.
What will be your path?
What difference will you make?
I, for one, am excited to see what this, the Class of 2014, will accomplish.
Thank you.


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RMP has taken advantage of Iroquois' Market Alliance program with 12 of their carrier relationships, and generated significant revenue gains in doing so. Grant still remembers profit sharing season in 2015 when he delivered his largest check ever to the agency. Per Perry, "It was wonderful to deliver a check that was more than 50 percent greater than the agency would have earned with the carrier on their own. When our teams synch up like we have with RMP, the potential is really unlimited."
Since joining Iroquois, the agency has enhanced its revenue. Yet, the partnership with Iroquois extends beyond the financial components. According to Megginson, "We don't hesitate to call Perry and the Iroquois team to draw on their deep carrier relationships, resources and market knowledge. On more than one occasion, the Iroquois team advocated with carriers for our agency and we benefited with favorable resolutions to issues. The Iroquois team is always ready to help whenever they can and we gain the advantage of their strength in the market."
The Andrew Agency started from scratch in Richmond, Va., and joined The Iroquois Group in 2014. "We are a fast-growing agency writing profitable business. Our partnership with Iroquois allows us to qualify for profit-sharing and gain access to markets giving us a competitive advantage," said agency president, Ryan M. Andrew. In 2014 the agency created a Market Alliance with several carriers, and in the spring of 2016, it received the highest profit-sharing bonus since inception. "Iroquois has allowed our agency to reach new levels and we greatly value our partnership," said Mr. Andrew.
Scott Hoffman and Chris Zockoll began their insurance careers with Allstate. Scott sold the largest Allstate agency west of the Mississippi in 2009 and went on to build a second successful agency with AAA. In 2012 Scott and Chris decided to build an independent agency from scratch and they chose Iroquois to help them. "I don't think we could've started as successfully as we did without the Iroquois relationship," said Chris. "I know for a fact that we could not have received the year-end bonuses that we did without the Iroquois relationship. "
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"We first spoke with Ken Bull at Iroquois back in 2007 but the timing wasn't right for us to join", says agency principal, David Miller. Then in 2010 the agency bought Iroquois member Frank J. Siracusa & Son agency and from their experience with Iroquois saw how beneficial membership could be. Beginning with a few Market Alliances to increase revenue, the newly combined agency added new markets over the next few years and created more Market Alliances. They are currently considering an additional Market Alliance in 2015. Insurance Agencies, Inc is now a Pinnacle Plan, Level 1 member under Iroquois' Preferred Member Agreement.
"Iroquois fits in well with our agency," says agency principal, Gene Siracusa. "Their strong national relationships with several of our core carriers have further enhanced our relationships with them. We benefit from Iroquois' national clout."
"We like that Iroquois is supportive and yet transparent," says Kim Bassford, Commercial Lines Manager. "You facilitate our carrier relationships but don't interfere with them. We like working directly with our carriers while having Iroquois in the background."
Bruce Swayze became involved with Iroquois 5 years ago when he and Dick Corroon, owner of Iroquois member agency Corroon & Associates, decided to merge their agencies to form Weymouth, Swayze, and Corroon Insurance of Centerville, DE. This mid-sized agency has a fairly equal mix of personal and commercial lines.
"I knew of Iroquois by reputation and thought I understood the concept, but some things don't always turn out as good as they appear on paper," said Swayze. "I found out that Iroquois was every bit as good as it appeared on paper."
Through Iroquois the agency was able to access and support more carriers than they could have on their own. "Over the years we had also generated excellent loss ratios with several carriers but at premium levels below their profit sharing thresholds. We were able to tap into Iroquois' very significant profit sharing with these companies to substantially increase our total agency revenue."
Bruce points to producer training opportunities as another benefit of their Iroquois membership. "And (Regional Manager) Lindy Bane has been a tremendous resource for us," said Bruce. "His knowledge of overall market conditions and the carrier's appetites and capabilities are very helpful."
When asked how he would advise another agent considering joining a network, Bruce said "I would definitely put Iroquois on the top of the list."
Insurance Service of Asheville, or ISA, was founded in 1958 by James Stickney in Asheville, NC. Today, Jim's son Jimbo and daughter Mary Alice are the primary owners of this agency with approximately $17 million in P&C premium. The agency is a key player in the Western North Carolina market and has a very noteworthy and longstanding client in the Biltmore estate.
"We joined Iroquois for three primary reasons," said Jonathan Nelson, part owner and manager of their commercial lines division. "First was the opportunity for increased revenue, primarily through greater profit sharing. We created a Market Alliance with several of our core carriers and in the first year of our Travelers market alliance, Iroquois increased our revenue by almost $40,000!"
"The second reason we joined was for access to new markets, which included Berkley and C N A. And lastly, Iroquois gave us these benefits without taking away our independence. We still run our agency. Iroquois gives us ideas and incentives but we make all of the decisions."
"One benefit we didn't anticipate when joining Iroquois, "said Jonathan "was the opportunity to grow through the acquisition of two smaller Iroquois members."
When asked what he would tell an agent considering joining Iroquois or another network, Jonathan said "I would tell them Iroquois has good people, they will help you with carriers and increased revenue, and you will keep your independence. There are no negatives."


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You Must Know Everything: Stories 1915-1937
Isaac Babel was the most telling writer of abrupt stories to come out of the Russian revolution. This gentle Jew was a man who hit one in the belly. More important he had—what is indispensable to short stories—a distinct voice. Made famous by Red Cavalry and the Odessa stories—he was rewarded with a very pretty dacha—he worked under Gorki's influence and protection as a writer precariously accepted by the regime but increasingly restless and finally silent under it as a person and an artist; he was allowed to go to Paris and Italy, but his foreign contacts must have brought him under suspicion; he was arrested, secretly tried, and presumably executed, in the general Stalinist attack on the arts in 1939. A blunt story—rather like one of his own. His works vanished; references to them were cut out of histories and criticism; his manuscripts and papers were either destroyed or, haphazard, lost. Not until 1964 was he rehabilitated and there was a public celebration of his genius.
Letters written to his first family who were in Brussels and Paris have been recovered; also stories lost in periodicals or in salvaged manuscripts. Few have yet appeared in Russia or in translation. It is the same old stupid Soviet tale. The MacAndrew edition contains his letters and two early stories, including the famous My First Fee: the Max Hayward edition which first appeared in 1964 also contains early work like An Evening at the Empress's and The Chinaman, the text of a long interview, and of the speeches made in 1964 by Ehrenburg, Paustovsky, Nikulin, Munblit, and others. The Paustovsky piece supplements the fine portrait in this writer's Years of Hope and is a valuable and intimate account of his habits as a writer in the early days. He and Paustovsky belonged to the very talented group who began to write in Odessa in the terrible period of the Civil War. In spite of biographical criticisms made by Nathalie Babel, the edition of her father's stories introduced by Lionel Trilling in 1955 is important.
The subjects of a very large number of Babel's stories are primitive and direct. The war and the expropriations have turned the peasants on the Asiatic border into murderers, looters, and bandits; the new government forces were as ruthless in getting a new regime set up. Babel's prose is sharp and laconic. There is little comment. And yet within the fatalism of the tales there is the unmistakable Jewish humanity, sometimes the Jewish humor and fantasy—what one can only call the irony of recognition: the recognition of the manly or womanly essence of each briefly elicited character. Babel had a master in Gorki, but his deeper master were Gogol and Maupassant: Gogol for the imaginative richness, Maupassant for detachment, economy, and devilish skill. Eventually Babel was to find Maupassant cold. What I think Babel meant was that the Frenchman was…
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Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Tokens - predicate is a list of tokens
my $rule = Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Tokens->new(
tokens => [ "comment", "show", qr/^\d+$/ ],
delimiter => '/',
block => sub { display_comment(shift->pos(3)) },
Rules of this class use a list of tokens to match the path.
Each token can be a literal string, a regular expression, or a list of either (which are taken to mean alternations). For example, the tokens:
[ 'ticket', [ 'show', 'display' ], [ qr/^\d+$/, qr/^#\w{3}/ ] ]
first matches "ticket". Then, the next token must be "show" or "display". The final token must be a number or a pound sign followed by three word characters.
The results are the tokens in the original string, as they were matched. If you have three tokens, then
match->pos(1) will be the string's first token ("ticket"),
match->pos(2) its second ("display"), and
match->pos(3) its third ("#AAA").
Capture groups inside a regex token are completely ignored.
A string that is used to tokenize the path. The delimiter must be a string because prefix matches use
join on unmatched tokens to return the leftover path. In the future this may be extended to support having a regex delimiter.
The default is a space, but if you're matching URLs you probably want to change this to a slash.
Decide whether the rule matching is case sensitive. Default is 1, case sensitive matching.


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Eclipse to accompany Tuesday's solstice
But chance of a white Christmas slim, weather experts say
Tuesday's winter solstice ---- the shortest day of the year ---- will be special for another reason, there will be an eclipse of the moon in the early morning hours, roughly between 2:41 and 3:53 a.m.
This is when the full moon will slip into the earth's shadow, and for a lunar eclipse to occur on the same date as the solstice is unusual indeed.
According to NASA, it's only happened once in the last 2,000 years, in 1638. Despite this, there are more than a few people alive today who will live to see the next winter solstice eclipse, which will occur in 2094, NASA says.
Whether you decide to stay up late or get up early to watch the event is your call. Viewers will likely be treated to a dim, copper-colored moon.
This is because during a lunar eclipse, the moon is illuminated only by the light passing through the earth's atmosphere. The more dust and pollution present in the global atmosphere, the redder the moon will appear at totality. It's impossible to predict how the eclipsed moon will appear, experts say.
Viewed from the moon, the sun-blocking earth would appear as an orange ring as every sunset and every sunrise would be seen all at once. It's the light from this orange ring that will make the moon visible from our planet while it's in the earth's shadow.
It's also possible that the moon will disappear almost completely from view if atmospheric conditions are especially clear on earth. Total lunar eclipses are rated on what's called the Danjon scale, with L-0 being a very dark, almost invisible moon and L-4 being a very bright, coppery moon.
The moon will appear darkest at 3:17 a.m., when the moon will be in the deepest shadow.
This will also be the only total lunar eclipse of 2010; there was a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, which was only visible from Pacific regions.
Technically, the eclipse will occur during the waning hours of the autumn season. The winter solstice, the moment at which the earth's axis is tilted farthest from the sun, will occur on Tuesday at 6:38 p.m. It's at this moment that winter in the northern hemisphere officially begins.
Tuesday will also be the day of the year with the shortest day and the longest night. In southwestern Connecticut, sunrise on Tuesday will occur at 7:15 a.m. and sunset will occur at 4:27 p.m.; there will be only 9 hours and 12 minutes of sunlight.
Cultures throughout the world, both past and present, mark or marked the shortest day with festivities of all descriptions. For example, historians say that the celebration of Christmas has its roots in one or more of these ancient winter solstice events, such as Rome's Saturnalia or the Yule celebrations of pagan Scandinavia.
As to whether southwestern Connecticut will see a white Christmas, meteorologists say that the chance of that happening is slim -- at least according to the strict definition that weather experts have of a "white Christmas."
"Officially, to have a white Christmas, you have to have an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas day," said meteorologist Jess Parker of weatherundergound.com. That's not likely to happen, she said, although there could be snow falling by Saturday evening.
"There's a weather system coming in from the Midwest," she said. "This will head toward the Mid-Atlantic states before it lifts toward the Northeast."
Parker said that the greatest chance for snowfall will be on Saturday evening.
"It'll be about a 30 percent chance of snow on Christmas day, and that probability will increase on Sunday," she said. "We'll know more by late Monday, because the computer models that we're using are diverging quite a bit. There's a system in the Canadian Maritimes that might block that snow."
As for the probability of a white Christmas, the National Climatic Data Center places that chance at 11 percent to 25 percent along the shore of southwestern Connecticut. The probability increases dramatically just a few miles to the north; in northern Litchfield County, there's a 61 percent to 75 percent chance of seeing snow on the ground Christmas morning.
But even though there won't be much in the way of snow Christmas morning, Parker said that it will be a good week for travel in the Northeast. "There's really not much going on this week," she said.


text: GamerSyndrome: In this guide here we will be covering Familiars number 261 – 267 included in Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch, with their resistances and weaknesses, tricks, drops and locations. All the evolution forms are listed, as well as both the third form variants. You can use this guide to check out which one of the two possible third forms you may prefer for your familiars: by checking out their stats and tricks, you will be able to plan ahead without having to resort to any different method. You can also use this guide to find out the location of all the basic forms of the familiars of the game, as well as some of the second evolutionary forms which can be found as wild familiars.


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Maybe getting a new pair of bindings for this season. But what do you think about closed toe VS open toe? What is most preferable for kiting, in a cold water climate? And I do not plan to hit any sliders.
I am leaning towards closed toe but have no idea why, except that i imagine it will be warmer


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Running is certainly a good way to exercise; however, it does cause the body to weather a certain amount of shock each time its feet hit the ground. Chikara Miyaji, a sports biomechanics researcher at the Institute of Health and Sport Sciences in Japan, uses Mathematica to analyze the motion of runners to examine how they move and how they can move more efficiently to reduce the shock to the body.
Using video processing, Miyaji tracks the movement of the body and automatically digitizes the information based on model matching. A two-dimensional human body model and the captured human body image are superimposed, and, using Mathematica, the body positions are calculated to minimize the difference between the two images.
"I first use C to do low-level processing that assesses the pixel-level information for each frame. I then use MathLink to connect the work I did in C with Mathematica for the numerical computation and the high-level routines that predict the body's movement," Miyaji said. "Using MathLink to interface a low-level C program with Mathematica is an excellent approach for video image processing."